Shock Quotes · Page 6

You guys didn't really think you could go off on a party weekend without me, did you? Especially here of all places—"…

— Richelle Mead

The biggest shock when I lost it all was the realization that so much of my life had been out of my…

— Simon Cowell

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like…

— John Dewey

In the UK what we've found is that even businesses which prided themselves already on their efficient management find that a really…

— Margaret Beckett

My first big acting performance was in the Marilyn Monroe biography piece, and it required frontal nudity. I talked to Mira Sorvino,…

— Ashley Judd

My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for…

— Lance Loud

Experimenters are the shock troops of science.

— Max Planck

I rarely get recognised. It's always a shock when someone notices me. I always think they must be confusing me with someone…

— Anna Kendrick

I'm not looking to shock anyone.

— Victoria Justice

I think people often underestimate the power of consumers. But I equally say that consumers are like shock troops: You can't keep…

— John Elkington

I've never thought of myself as an actor, so somebody recognizing me for that would be a real shock.

— Lena Dunham

I have a feeling a lot of artists' work got lost [because of AIDS]. Howard was fortunate because his family and friends…

— Aaron Brookner

If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

“Sometimes you take all my words away from me.”

— Amie Kaufman

There's a lot of stuff that happened to me when I was kinda young. Like when I was just 12, or 13…

— Katie Price

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“I rely on images of violence, which bring the shock of pain, to penetrate the barriers people erect and defend, not simple…

— Jim Morrison

But yeah, Ann [Trason] insisted, running was romantic; and no, of course her friends didn't get it because they'd never broken through.…

— Christopher McDougall

I want to be loved despite my faults. It isn't exactly true that I'm a provocateur. A real provocateur is someone who…

— Michel Houellebecq

Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

The NBA is a culture shock for college kids, and even more so for kids from another country. The NBA is a…

— Austin Ainge

"Rock Candy" was my first record. I had never been in a studio, so I was in shock and I had no…

— Sammy Hagar

I am looking for the human who admits his flaws Who shocks the adversary By being kinder not stronger What would that…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

After having your first child, it's a massive shock to the system. I work in an industry where people judge you and…

— Louise Nurding